The Governorate of the Midnight Coast (Dutch: Gouvernement Middernachtkust; Russian: Полуночнобереговая губерния, Polunochnobyeryegovaya gubyerniya), colloquially known as the Midnight Coast (Middernachtkust; Полуночный Берег, Polunochnyy Byeryeg), is a governorate of the United Governorates of Bellinsgauzenia. The governorate was initially a Dutch colony up until the 1840s. During Russian rule, the Midnight Coast retained a Dutch and Afrikaner majority population. Incumbent PresidentBronislav Vroom was born in the Midnight Coast.